“ Just ignore him and he’ll go away, my mother used to say to Gillian when we were young and I bugged her. Just ignore him. All he wants is attention. In retrospect there seems to be something almost cruel… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I suppose most people would think that it was wonderful, that the world is so varied, that there is something for everyone, and I… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds in a… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
New York is strange in the summer. Life goes on as usual but it’s not, it’s like everyone is just pretending, as if everyone… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I often feel like I want to think something but I can't find the language that coincides with the thoughts, so it remains felt,… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“... she had insisted on keeping the doors and windows shut, as if a sealed chamber could prevent death from entering, or life from… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Dr. Adler had instructed me to always say whatever I was thinking, but this was difficult for me, for the act of thinking and… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
What if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? I think that's what scares me: the randomness… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy religious people for the comfort of believing. It would make everything so much easier. — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
It made me very sad, that question. Sad and defeated. Because I knew she knew why I was thinking about that woman-I was thinking… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
“Having bad experiences sometimes helps; it makes it clearer what it is you should be doing. I know that sounds very Pollyannaish but it’s… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
I wish the whole day were like breakfast, when people are still connected to their dreams, focused inward, and not yet ready to engage… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
